Daviess County High School - Echoes Yearbook (Owensboro, KY)

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1981 VARSITY SCOREBOARD y Daviess County Q -. Daviess County Daviess County l-K Daviess County ? i5 ?'f? -f Daviess County i -,. Daviess County a g- ggi Daviess County Daviess County ' 2 Daviess County Daviess County Tell City Warren Central Henderson County Meade County Apollo Union County Madisonville Owensboro Senior Ohio County Owensboro Catholic Top left, Robbie Shreve was unable to stop jeff Priar from getting sacked by Catholic defenders. The Panther stamina drove the game into the only overtime of the season. Bottom left, Robbie Shreve lets fly one of his pat- ented touchdown passes to Darrell Bowlds. Center, leff Garrison and Scott Greer forced Union County to the air with their determined defen- sive action. Top, Todd Watkins es- capes the clutches of an Ohio County defender. DC beat Ohio 34-6. Right, Billy Teasley rushes to the aid of two other teammates who are having some problem tackling the quarter- back in action against Catholic. TURNOVER CcontinuedD scored another added to his second which came on a 17-yard run. Final score 34-6. Owensboro Catholic downed the Pan- thers 13-7 in the only overtime game of the season where incompletion seemed to rule. The game was remarkably close with DC coming out ahead in the unofficial 293-288. The DC touchdown was from leff Priar who barreled over from one yard out for the score and then booted the extra point. Football Action!47

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at TURNOVER Ccontinued3 After losing three of their first four games, the Panthers wiped their slates clean, at least in their mind's eye, by de- feating Apollo 22-14 as Reid Stadium was officially dedicated. Ieff Priar scored two TD's Eddie lack- son scored one on a pass from Shreve as the Panther defense devoured the Ea- gles. Daviess wasn't hurt by Apollo's two off-sides, the second of which was on first and goal. Priar crashed through for the go-ahead score. Beginning on the Apollo 18, following a Barry Porter interception, the Panthers drove for the score making it 22-14, Madisonville literally rolled over DC. The Panthers seemed to have a hard time getting their act together. For the game, Daviess had 88 yards total of- fense. Shreve completed only four passes and was intercepted twice. But it was the ground game that caused the Panthers problems. leff Priar led the rushing with only 19 yards and his backfield partner added only 14. The Owensboro Red Devils handled the Daviess County Panthers 34-7. The Panthers kept warm by running scoring drives of 56, 85, 45, 74 and 50 yards against Ohio County on Home- coming night. Shreve hit Darrell Bowlds who ran 29 yards for a score. Ionathon Yeagle caught a 7-yard pass from Shreve and

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KIDDIE CORPS HND ITIOTHER HEN Daviess County had a splendid season for cross country. Both girls' coach Will Pagan and boys' coach Tony Rowe were pleased with the efforts that the teams put forth and the victories they had. The DC girls' team was considered the lkiddie korps' at first and sometimes one still refers to them as this or some- thing to that affect. But, hold your tongues! Senior Chris Whelan, oftimes called mother hen, commented, llThey're a pretty good bunch and I have to say they've earned my re- spect. True to life. This outstanding team, with its impressive unity and fol- low-the-leader type attitude, has earned the respect of most true Daviess County fans. On the other hand, the boys' team is practically opposite. The varsity team consists mostly of juniors and seniors mixed with freshmen and sophomores. Coach Tony Rowe was surprised at the comeback the team made and the ex- cellent finish they had toward the end of the season. This contributed to their victories and losses a great deal and the student body and faculty showed their appreciation by showing up at meets and cheering the Raging Red Line on. Both boys' and girls' teams seemed to suffer in the Catholic Invitationals. There was nothing that could be done, how- ever, except running good races. The girls received first place in all meets and lnvitationals except the Lex- ington and Covington Catholic. The boys, not so evenly oriented, had a scattered but good season as a result of some very hard meets. The season ended with both boys and girls doing really well in the K.H,S.A,A. Regional and State. The girls went on to win the state championship. 48!Cross Country